Tang Dengjie

{{Short description|Chinese politician and business executive (born 1964)}}

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| caption = Tang Dengjie, 2017.

| office = Party Secretary of Shanxi

| term_start = 28 October 2023

| term_end =

| 1blankname = Governor

| 1namedata = Jin Xiangjun

| predecessor = Lan Fo'an

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| office1 = Minister of Civil Affairs

| term_start1 = 28 February 2022

| term_end1 = 29 December 2023

| premier1 = Li Keqiang
Li Qiang

| predecessor1 = Li Jiheng

| successor1 = Lu Zhiyuan

| office2 = Governor of Fujian

| term_start2 = 2 January 2018

| term_end2 = 2 July 2020

| predecessor2 = Yu Weiguo

| successor2 = Wang Ning

| office3 = Director of the China National Space Administration

| term_start3 = May 2017

| term_end3 = December 2017

| predecessor3 = Xu Dazhe

| successor3 = Zhang Kejian

| name = Tang Dengjie

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| birth_place = Shanghai, China

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| party = Chinese Communist Party

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| alma_mater = Tongji University

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Tang Dengjie ({{zh|c=唐登杰}}; born June 1964) is a Chinese politician and business executive who is currently serving as the Party Secretary of Shanxi.

Previously, he served as the deputy minister in charge of the National Development and Reform Commission and before that, governor of Fujian and director of the China National Space Administration. He spent much of his career in Shanghai, especially in the automobile industry. He has also served as the chief executive of the state-owned China South Industries Group and head of the China National Space Administration, and later as the Minister of Civil Affairs.

Biography

Tang was born in Shanghai, and traces his ancestry to Jianhu County in Jiangsu province.{{cite web|script-title=zh:省人大常委會會議通過決定唐登杰任福建省代省長 |access-date=2018-01-03|work=Fjsen|url=http://hk.fjsen.com/2018-01/03/content_20564189.htm}} He studied in Mechanical Engineering of Tongji University beginning in September 1981. After graduating, he worked at Shanghai Volkswagen as a technician, Director of its Industrial Engineering Branch, and Manager of Planning and Development. Later he was appointed as the manager of Shanghai ZF Steering Co., Ltd. and Vice President of Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation. In 2001, he was appointed as the Chairman of Shanghai Electric.{{cn|date=January 2024}}

In 2003, Tang was appointed as the Deputy Mayor of Shanghai, who was responsible for industry, agricultural, commercial, tourism, power production, and safe production.{{cite web|script-title=zh:上海新一届正副市长平均仅49岁最年轻38岁|access-date=2003-02-23|work=Sohu|url=http://news.sohu.com/83/75/news206567583.shtml}} He was the youngest Deputy Mayor of Shanghai, and dubbed a “political star” with Lu Hao, who was appointed as the Deputy Mayor of Beijing at aged 35 in the same year.{{cite web|script-title=zh:【特稿】“回锅”央企的政坛高官们|access-date=2015-05-07|work=takungpao.com|url=http://news.takungpao.com/mainland/focus/2015-05/2992113.html}} In 2008, he was re-elected as the Deputy Mayor, who was responsible for foreign affairs, foreign trade and economic cooperation, foreign investment, Hong Kong, Macao affairs, ethnic and religious affairs, and Overseas Chinese affairs.{{cite web|title=上海新一届市政府市长副市长分工公布|access-date=2008-01-31|work=sina|url=http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2008-01-31/203714873823.shtml}}

In 2011, he was appointed as the General Manager of China South Industries Group, and President since 2013.{{cite web|title=唐登杰任中国兵器装备集团公司党组副书记|access-date=2011-06-16|work=people.com.cn|url=http://cpc.people.com.cn/GB/164113/14911238.html}}{{cite web|script-title=zh:唐登杰任中国兵器装备集团公司董事长、党组书记|access-date=2013-02-26|work=people.com.cn|url=http://renshi.people.com.cn/n/2013/0226/c139617-20599081.html}} In 2017, Tang was named the Vice Minister of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Administrator of China National Space Administration, Chairman of China Atomic Energy Authority, and Director of the State Administration for Science, Technology and Industry for National Defence.{{cite web|script-title=zh:国防科工局召开干部会议传达中央关于唐登杰任免决定|access-date=2017-06-05|publisher=State Administration for Science, Technology and Industry for National Defence|url=http://www.sastind.gov.cn/n254046/n6115882/n6115962/c6780977/content.html}}

In December 2017, Tang was appointed as the deputy party chief of Fujian, and he was appointed as the Governor in January 2018.{{Cite web|url=http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1931961|script-title=zh:唐登杰任福建省代省长，于伟国辞去省长职务|access-date=2018-01-02|work=thepaper.cn}} On 2 July 2020, he was appointed as deputy secretary of the party group of the National Development and Reform Commission; he also served as one of the deputy ministers in charge of the National Development and Reform Commission. On 28 February 2022, he became minister of Civil Affairs, succeeding Li Jiheng.{{cite news|author1=Zhu Xuesen ({{lang|zh|朱学森}})|url=https://news.sina.com.cn/c/2022-02-28/doc-imcwiwss3315160.shtml |script-title=zh:唐登杰被任命为民政部部长 |work=sina |date=28 February 2022 |access-date=1 March 2022 |language=zh}}

Tang was an alternate of the 19th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party and is a member of the 20th Central Committee.{{cn|date=January 2024}}

On 28 October 2023, he was appointed as the Party Secretary of Shanxi.{{Cite news |date=2023-10-28 |title=Tang Dengjie appointed Communist Party secretary of China's Shanxi province |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/china/tang-dengjie-appointed-communist-party-secretary-chinas-shanxi-province-2023-10-28/ |access-date=2023-10-28}} He was succeeded as minister of Civil Affairs by Lu Zhiyuan on 29 December 2023.{{Cite news |date=29 December 2023 |title=Lu Zhiyuan appointed minister of civil affairs by China's top legislature |url=https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202312/29/WS658ea6f9a3105f21a5079c82.html |access-date=14 January 2024 |work=China Daily}}